Manufacture of boots and shoes



(No Model.)

B. MAYNZ.

MANUFACTURE OF'BOOTS AND SHUES.

No 281,709. Patented July 24, 1883'.

D'JITNESSES f I 7' l mgiwma UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD MAYNZ, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MANUFACTURE OF BooTs AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,709, dated July 24,1883.

Application filed April 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD MAYNZ, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States,

5 have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Manufactureof Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of a buttonboot, so called, containing myinvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a lace-boot employing. myinvention, and Figs. 3 and4 are sectional views which further illustratethe use thereof.

In the process of lasting the uppers of boots and shoes which have alace or button opening in the top extending to the vamp, and especiallywhen such opening occurs over or about the instep and extends to theportion or section of the vamp that envelops or forms the section of theshoe between the instep portion and the toe, thestrain exerted inproperly fitting the uppers to the last very often ruptures or splitsthe vamp or top at or near the lower end of the opening; and I havediscovered that a small metal staple placed to cross in the lower end ofsuch opening before the upper is lasted protects the upper from beingdamaged in the act of lasting. I prefer to use a staple small enough notto affect the appearance of the boot or shoe, because by so doing notonly will it be unnecessary to remove it after the lasting process, butit will be a positive advantage in the finished boot or shoe, as it willthen act to prevent injury to the upper from sudden strain, while itforms a strong connection at the lower end of the lace or buttonopening, which prevents the top from being torn apart to its own injuryor that of the vamp.

Referring to the drawings, a is a buttonboot, so called, and b alace-boot. a is the section of the upper that is generallyknown as thevamp. In the button-shoe it is usually of the shape shown in Fig. 1, andin a laceshoe as represented in Fig. 2. The portion a above this, isusually termed the top, 7 and it is in this portion that the button orlace opening is made. The opening is closed in the button-boot by meansof a flap, c having button-holes a attached to one edge of the top andbuttons a upon the opposite edge thereto, and in the lace-shoe it isclosed by a lacing-cord, which passes through eyelets 011 the opposingedges of the top or about lacing ing-hooks. At the lower end of thisopening I insert, before the upper is lasted, the metal staple c in sucha manner that one prong enters that part of the top upon one side of theopening, and the other prong enters the part of the top upon the otherside thereof, the bar of thestaple extending across the opening upon theoutside of the upper, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and fastening the twoparts of the top together. The prongs of the staple are bent over orclinched upon the under side of the upper, substantially as shown inFigs. 3 and 4. The two parts of the top are thus firmly united togetherby a metal uniting-bar,

which prevents the strain of lasting coming upon the edge of the Vamp ortop at the point B, just below the intersection of the lace or buttonopening with the vamp.

The advantages of the invention have been given in connection with thedescription.

I am aware of the Patents No. 64,015, No. 65,829, and N0. 196,754; butas the said pat ents do not show or describe a shoe having the twoportions of the top immediately above the vamp united by a metal stapleat the lower end of the front opening of the top, I consider that theydo not embrace the features of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States 1. The improvement in themanufacture of boots and shoes, consisting in uniting by means of ametal staple the two portions of the top or upper part of a boot or shoeat the lower end of the lace or button opening therein above the vampand before the upper is lasted, whereby the strain of lasting isprevented from injuring the upper, all substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. A boot or shoe having the portions of the top, on each side of thelace or button opening therein, secured together near the lower end ofsaid opening and above the vamp by a metal staple, all substantially asand for the purposes described. I

' EDWD. MAYN Z. Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, FRED. HARRIS.

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